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Surgical options for the treatment of hyperopia
1 August 2016
| Allon Barsam
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Cataract and Refractive
The modern refractive surgeon has a variety of options available to treat patients with hyperopia who wish to be independent of spectacles and contact lenses. Unlike in low myopia where presbyopic patients may have the ability to see well for...
Screening to detect high hyperopia
1 April 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the plus lens test versus the Spot vision screener. This was a prospective study and 109 children aged two to 12 years (62% female) underwent both assessments followed by...
Change in hyperopia with strabismus
4 August 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Screening, amblyogenic risk factors, amblyopia, hyperopia
This study aimed to evaluate hyperopic evolution patterns in children with early diagnosis (before three years) and treatment. This was a retrospective study of 78 eyes of 39 children. Forty-nine percent were males and mean follow-up was 130 months (72-193)....
Fifteen-year results of phakic artisan IOL for hyperopia correction
4 August 2021
| Mahmoud Ahmed
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Cataract and Refractive
This retrospective review of a cohort of 61 eyes from 32 patients offers long-term results for phakic Artisan (Ophtec BV) iris-fixated phakic IOL (IF-pIOL). The mean age at surgery was 41.6 years with a range of 25-59 years. Refractive outcomes...
Changes in refractive error in patients with accommodative esotropia after being weaned from hyperopic correction
1 October 2015
| Jonathan Chan
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Cataract and Refractive
This is a retrospective review of medical records of 47 patients with refractive ocular accommodative esotropia who achieved emmetropisation and orthotropia without hyperopic glasses correction and were followed up for at least three years. The objective of the study is...
Outcomes of strabismus surgery for TED
1 October 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study investigated the surgical outcome according to the initial postoperative angle of deviation after strabismus surgery in patients with hypotropia and esotropia who had thyroid eye disease (TED). The study included 78 patients with mean age of 53.4 ±9.5...
Changes in the choroid after atropine for amblyopic and fellow eyes
4 December 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of atropine on the thickness and structure of the choroid between amblyopic and fellow eyes. This study included 16 patients: five males, 11 females. Median age at ocular coherence tomography...
Are we short-sighted about myopia?
Worldwide prevalence of myopia has increased rapidly in recent years and has now reached epidemic levels, particularly in South-East Asia where prevalence is around 80% [1-4]. Myopia prevalence is also increasing in the United States and Europe where it is...Iran prevalence of amblyopia
1 August 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Amblyopia, Iran, cross-sectional-study, middle-east, prevalence
The authors aimed to determine the prevalence of amblyopia, its relation with refractive errors and its determinants. The target population was all children aged seven years in Iran. There were 3675 of 4157 children who participated (88.4%) with final analysis...
Screening outcomes for Syrian refugee children
5 August 2022
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study compared two commonly used photoscreeners in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan to better understand what types of technology would function best in a low-resource setting. The children in this study were assessed with the PEEK acuity application...
IO belly transposition surgery
1 February 2019
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors evaluated inferior oblique (IO) muscle belly transposition to correct mild to moderate IO overaction with small primary position hypertropia. They reviewed 10 patients aged 6-35 years (mean 18.6 years). Aetiologies were mild unilateral superior oblique (SO) palsy for...
GP contact lenses in nystagmus
1 April 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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contact lens, hyperopia, nystagmus, rigid gas permeable, strabismus
The purpose of this study was to quantify and evaluate the effect of rigid gas permeable contact lenses (CLs) on visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and motor parameters of involuntary eye movements in hyperopic patients with infantile nystagmus syndrome (INS). This...